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#region Using directives
#endregion

namespace ZO.SmartCore.Xml
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Specifies the type of node. 
    /// </summary>
    public enum NodeType
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Represents the entire document (it is the root-node of the DOM tree)
        /// </summary>
        /// <remarks>
        /// Childrens :
        /// Element (max. one), ProcessingInstruction, Comment, DocumentType</remarks>
        Document,

        /// <summary>
        /// Represents an element.
        /// </summary>
        /// <remarks>
        /// Childrens
        /// <list type="bullet">
        /// <item>
        /// <term>Element</term>
        /// </item>
        /// <item>
        /// <term>Text</term>
        /// </item>
        /// <item>
        /// <term>Comment</term>
        /// </item>
        /// <item>
        /// <term>ProcessingInstruction</term>
        /// </item>
        /// <item>
        /// <term>CDATASection</term>
        /// </item>
        /// </list>
        /// </remarks>
        Element,

        /// <summary>
        /// Represents textual content (character data) in an element or attribute
        /// </summary>
        /// <remarks>
        /// Childrens
        /// <list type="bullet">
        /// <item>
        /// <term>None</term>
        /// </item>
        /// </list>
        /// </remarks>
        Text,


        ///// <summary>
        ///// CDATA sections are used to escape blocks of text that would otherwise be recognized as markup. A CDATA node cannot have any child nodes. It can appear as the child of the and Element nodes.
        ///// </summary>
        //CDATA,

        /// <summary>
        ///  Represents a comment
        /// </summary>
        /// <remarks>
        /// Childrens
        /// <list type="bullet">
        /// <item>
        /// <term>None</term>
        /// </item>
        /// </list>
        /// </remarks>
        Comment,

        /// <summary>
        ///  	Represents an attribute
        /// </summary>
        /// <remarks>
        /// Childrens
        /// <list type="bullet">
        /// <item>
        /// <term>Text</term>
        /// </item>
        /// </list>
        /// </remarks>
        Attribute,

        /// <summary>
        /// Represents a "processing instruction"
        /// </summary>
        /// <remarks>
        /// Childrens
        /// <list type="bullet">
        /// <item>
        /// <term>None</term>
        /// </item>
        /// </list>
        /// </remarks>
        ProcessingInstruction,


        /// <summary>
        /// represents a CDATA section in a document.
        /// </summary>
        CDATA,
    }

}
